Scaptognathides undulatus Otto 2000
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Scaptognathides undulatus Otto 2000
Diagnosis. Ds-2 and Ds-3 on AD. OC with 2 Glps. Female with 4 Pgs and 2 Sgs. Tr I–IV with 1-1-1-1 setae; Bf I–IV with 2-2-2-2 setae; Tf I–IV with 4-5-2-2 setae; Gn I–IV with 4-4-3-3 setae; Tb I–IV with 5-5-5-5 setae; Ta I–IV with 3-3-4-3 dorsal setae; Tf I–IV with ventral ridge. Lc II–IV with comb. Idiosoma length 182 in holotype female. Gnathosoma length 82 in holotype female. Ratio of gnathosoma to idiosoma 0.45.
Remarks. The characteristics of this species are: reticulate dorsal plates, Sgs present in female, Tf I–IV with ventral ridge, and Ta III with 3 dorsal setae. This species is distinguished from congeners by having ventral ridge on Tf I–IV. Single female is known.
Habitat. Subtidal zone: Coarse sands at 5–15 m depth.
Distribution. South Pacific Ocean: 16°57.171’S, 149°12.036’E (Queensland Plateau) [Australia].
Reference. Otto (2000b).
Depository. QMS.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Otto
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Trombidiformes
- Family
- Halacaridae
- Genus
- Scaptognathides
- Species
- undulatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Scaptognathides undulatus Otto, 2000 sec. Abé, 2021
References
- Otto, J. C. (2000 b) Halacaridae from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea: The genera Lohmannella, Scaptognathides and Scaptoganthus (Acarina: Halacaridae: Lohmannellinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 45, 535 - 555.